Comic Review: Twig (Image Comics, 2022)

Twig (Volume 1 ) by Skottie Young, Kyle Strahm, Jean-Francois Beaulieu (colours) and Nate Piekos My rating: 5 of 5 stars I can say with absolute honesty that when you look at Twig, what you see both is and is not what you get when you read it – it is a book that both…

Audio-Book Review: The Legend of Drizzt (Audible Studios, 2014)

The Legend of Drizzt: The Collected Stories by R.A. Salvatore (Author), Felicia Day (Narrator), Wil Wheaton (Narrator), David Duchovny (Narrator), Ice-T (Narrator), Al Yankovic (Narrator), Michael Chiklis (Narrator), Greg Grunberg (Narrator), Tom Felton (Narrator), Danny Pudi (Narrator), Sean Astin (Narrator), Melissa Rauch (Narrator), Dan Harmon (Narrator) My rating: 3 of 5 stars This was my…

Book Review: The Jasmine Throne (2021, Orbit Books)

The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri My rating: 3 of 5 stars Chanced upon this in, of all places, a scifi bookstore in Sweden and was highly excited at the idea of a fantasty writer of Indian origin who has crafted a fictional world that draws from the world of South Asia – a place…

All The Licensed Comics!

Comics are booming in popularity, variety and just generally being fantastic these days – and on the international scale it’s never been bigger and closer to mainstream than it is right now. One element of that which doesn’t get covered a lot by itself is the licensed properties, i.e, comics about things that weren’t originally…

Iron Fist Reviewed (Eps 1-4): A Solid Series

I’m sorry but if you haven’t seen the show at all or are just starting, there are some things revealed below – I watched the first 4 episodes on Netflix last night and this is my review/reaction to the show so far. WARNING! POTENTIAL SPOILERS AHEAD! I felt compelled to write this review (I don’t…

SHORTY STORY: Untitled (Midweek Mental Meandering)

“What a kind insult!” he chuckled, “And here I thought he was looking down on us, but no, he’s got a kindness to him doesn’t he!” The crowd in the tavern let loose a low cacophony of short laughs and chuckling sounds, all genuine but somehow with an edge to them. “I, I, I… meant…